After quickly grinding to a halt last spring, officials say Indiana's hotels and restaurants are slowly recovering.

Indianapolis International Airport is about to welcome the highest number of travelers its seen since the pandemic hit last spring.

The move comes nearly a year after the tollway suspended cash tolls in mid-March because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Chicagos emergency travel order for Indiana takes effect on Friday at midnight. The order is aimed at limiting travel to and from the city to the Hoosier State, with some exemptions, like work-related purposes, medical care and child custody agreements.

Indiana is now included under Chicago's COVID-19 Emergency Travel Order. Starting Friday, those traveling between Indiana and the city will need to quarantine for 14-days unless they're exempt.

Airport officials say traffic is down at Indianapolis International up to 95 percent. They're expecting lower than normal activity for at least the next three years.

The owner of a Central Indiana RV dealership says the coronavirus pandemic is driving up his sales.

The airport's flight activity has dropped to as low as 5 percent of typical operations since the virus outbreak spread across the U.S. in March, and it recently served only 14 of its 53 destinations

Liz Manasek and her husband returned to the U.S. Saturday after a trip to Iceland. When they arrived in Chicago before a connection to Indianapolis, she says, it was chaos.

The Indiana-based engine company is taking the precautionary measure as more cases of the coronavirus are being reported across the country.